Apache License 2.0

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Permissive · Permission plus patentsApache-2.0

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Apache License 2.0

Permissive reuse with an explicit patent grant and a requirement to mark changes.

Good fit: Larger projects and company-backed libraries where patent terms should be explicit.

Reciprocity

None

Patent use

Explicitly listed

Bundled text

Abridged excerpt

Decision signal

Permission plus patents

Larger projects and company-backed libraries where patent terms should be explicit.

Watch before choosing

It carries more redistribution steps than the shortest permissive licenses.

Rights, duties, and boundaries

Permissions

  • Commercial use
  • Modification
  • Distribution
  • Patent use
  • Private use

Conditions

  • License and copyright notice
  • State changes

Limitations

  • Trademark use
  • Liability
  • Warranty

Implementation identifiers

machine-readable

Source-file header

SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

package.json

"license": "Apache-2.0"

SPDX identifiers are compact, machine-readable labels. They identify the license; they do not replace the license text or the notices your distribution must carry.

Included license text

Apache License
Version 2.0, January 2004
http://www.apache.org/licenses/

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

1. Definitions.
"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.

[Abridged for presentation - Please view https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt for full legal text.]

9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability. While redistributing the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer, and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity, or other liability obligations and/or rights consistent with this License. However, in accepting such obligations, You may act only on Your own behalf and on Your sole responsibility, not on behalf of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This repository contains an excerpt, not the complete legal instrument. Do not ship it as your LICENSE file.

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